Henrique Salas Römer (born 17 April 1936 in

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, Carabobo, Venezuela) is a

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n economist from

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, politically active in Venezuela since 1983. In 1989 he was elected governor of his home state

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and re-elected in 1992. In

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, he ran for the presidency of Venezuela as the candidate of

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, a national party developing out of Römer's regional

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party. Four days before the election, the two main political parties in Venezuela at the time, COPEI and Democratic Action, switched their support to him. In the election, he was runner-up to

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, garnering 40% of the vote in a six-man race. As an outcome of his presidential campaign, he founded a new political organization,

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